Seems to me there is a ton of unused space at the back area of the floor. And to me it kind of takes away from the seats in the back of the lower level. Think it would have been better to move the stage forward another section and not had the big gap in the audience between the back lower level and the floor seats. Never really paid attention to this before. But don't remember it from other tours either.

Do you mean the free area behind the lighting towers in this picture?


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Maybe it's due to security reasons that there must be a empty place ....

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Do you mean the free area behind the lighting towers in this picture?


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Maybe it's due to security reasons that there must be a empty place ....

Yes. Just seems a waste. I know some of the reason is the sound and lighting equipment. But in other pictures from Columbus the area seems a lot bigger.



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Well, one reason is probably that if they pack people in back there, anyone under 180 tall wouldn't be able to see the stage. I've been at stadium shows and when you are 70 yards from the stage, it's impossible to see.



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for ohio, my ticket according to the chart was supposed to be on the side but in front of the stage enough to have a full view (and 3 rows from floor). when i got there, it was right at the end of the stage runway (keith's side) and high enough to be on level with stage. i was quite happy (with keith and mick in front of me a lot and keith got on his knees)....BUT this is the type of ticket i've paid $180 for during previous tours (obstructed view). i couldn't see charlie at all....instead of a clear view through the backstage, it was a tarp (perhaps due to chance of rain)?

it doesn't appear that they were selling any $180s side obstructed view this time around...

it's both of those reasons -if you pack em in like sardines there is no outlet and it can get dangerous and its hard to see back there anyway.

i used to go to those stadium shows when they just packed the places and it got crazy.

i was crushed to the point of losing my breath more than once at shows by zep and the who,it wasnt until a couple of years later people actually were killed that we realized how bad it really was-when you're young you think stuff like that is funny,it got real unfunny real fast.

i cant believe you guys still use that festival seating over in europe.

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it's both of those reasons -if you pack em in like sardines there is no outlet and it can get dangerous and its hard to see back there anyway.

i used to go to those stadium shows when they just packed the places and it got crazy.

i was crushed to the point of losing my breath more than once at shows by zep and the who,it wasnt until a couple of years later people actually were killed that we realized how bad it really was-when you're young you think stuff like that is funny,it got real unfunny real fast.

i cant believe you guys still use that festival seating over in europe.

What's festival seating? it's standing only in front of the stage (although if I remember rightly, Twickenham in 2006 had seats) and people tend to use the gap behind the towers for dancing (ie. not bothered about looking at the band, just listening and dancing.................



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thats what we call or used to call festival seating-standing room only

it's hard to tell from pictures but if the entire main floor is standing room only you guys probably do it by making a consevative estimate of how many people you let down there.

back in the day we were packed in like bees in a hive and thats how the people were killed.just a mass of humanity that fell in on itself.

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thats what we call or used to call festival seating-standing room only

it's hard to tell from pictures but if the entire main floor is standing room only you guys probably do it by making a consevative estimate of how many people you let down there.

back in the day we were packed in like bees in a hive and thats how the people were killed.just a mass of humanity that fell in on itself.

AAhh right, ok, no it's pretty much standing only, we had a lot of crushings at football (soccer) matches in Europe in the 1980s which meant that all Premiership football grounds had to install seats throughout but no such problems at concerts, so far anyway...........

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AAhh right, ok, no it's pretty much standing only, we had a lot of crushings at football (soccer) matches in Europe in the 1980s which meant that all Premiership football grounds had to install seats throughout but no such problems at concerts, so far anyway...........

yeah,it happened at concerts here so we have seats for that reason.i think standing room only has come back for some shows,i think U2 use it now but i havent seen them for a few years.

Standing room only at the July 4th show at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. We will see how that goes.

ahhh, those were the days!
seated floor during rock show is a buzzkill

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for ohio, my ticket according to the chart was supposed to be on the side but in front of the stage enough to have a full view (and 3 rows from floor). when i got there, it was right at the end of the stage runway (keith's side) and high enough to be on level with stage. i was quite happy (with keith and mick in front of me a lot and keith got on his knees)....BUT this is the type of ticket i've paid $180 for during previous tours (obstructed view). i couldn't see charlie at all....instead of a clear view through the backstage, it was a tarp (perhaps due to chance of rain)?

it doesn't appear that they were selling any $180s side obstructed view this time around...

These comments make me concerned about my seats. I'm 8 or 9 rows back and in Seat 20 in the Floor section E. I wonder if my angle is too wide right. Hopefully, this is not the case.